WAS v8.5 > Develop applications > Develop web applications > Develop web applications > Develop servlets > Develop servlets with WAS extensions > Configure page list servlet client configurationsClient type detection support
In addition to providing the page list mapping capability, the PageListServlet also provides Client Type Detection support. A servlet determines the markup language type that a calling client needs in the response, using the configuration information in the client_types.xml file.
Client type detection support allows a servlet, extending the PageListServlet, to call an appropriate JSP file. The servlet invokes the callPage method, which calls a JSP file based on the markup-language type of the request.
The PageList Servlet custom extension is deprecated in WebSphere Application Server v8.5 and will be removed in a future release. Re-architect your legacy applications to use javax.servlet.filter classes instead of com.ibm.servlet classes.
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Configure page list servlet client configurations
Reference:
The client_types.xml file
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